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Yew Tree (Fluorspar)
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| Location: | Stanhope 18½ miles [29 km] WSW of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 92) NY990351, 54° 42' 39" N, 2° 0' 56" W |
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| Closed: | |
| Pits: | Coal Sills Level, locn: (Sheet 92) NY993353 |
| Firestone Level, locn: (Sheet 92) NY994354 | |
| Great Limestone Level, locn: (Sheet 92) NY992353 | |
| Owners: | 1902 - J. P. Hornung & Sons |
| 1906 - Thomas Middleton | |
| 1908 - W. Hird, Waistell & Co. | |
| 1930s - J. E. Maddison | |
| 1970s - J. C. Emerson | |
| 1980s - J. & J. M. Maddison | |
| Output: | 1902 - Fluorspar. |
| 1905 - Fluor spar. | |
| 1908 - Fluorspar. | |
| 1936 - Fluorspar. | |
| 1938 - Fluorspar. | |
| 1944 - Fluorspar. | |
| 1945 - Fluorspar. | |
| 1979 - Fluorspar. | |
| 1980 - Fluorspar. | |
| 1983 - Fluorspar. | |
 Detailed Mineral Statistics for Yew Tree (Fluorspar) |
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| Employment: | 1902 - 4 |
| 1936 - 10 (3 below, 7 surface) | |
| 1938 - 0 [Not worked since 1938] | |
| 1944 - 0 [Discontinued 1944] | |
| 1945 - 0 [Abandoned 1944] | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Yew Tree (Fluorspar) |
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| Notes: | 1944 - Abandoned |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
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Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Yew Tree (Fluorspar)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Yew Tree (Fluorspar)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1908 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1936 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1938 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1944 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1979 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1980 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1983 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
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Related Links:
None found
Further Reading:
- British Small Mines (North) by A. J. Booth, published in 2000 by Industrial Railway Society, ISBN 1 901556 15 8
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